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Women's Basketball Comes up Short at Oregon despite Greer's Career Game
January 23, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 23, 2011
Eugene, Ore. – Senior El Sara Greer (Waterloo, Iowa) tallied her second Pac-10 double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds, adding a career-high tying six blocked shots, but the Oregon State women's basketball team fell just short at Oregon, 81-72, in front of a Pac-10 record 12,320 crowd in the first women's basketball game in Matthew Knight Arena.
Freshman Alyssa Martin (Portland, Ore.) led the Beavers with 21 points, adding a pair of rebounds and assists, while redshirt sophomore Sage Indendi (Livingston, Mont.) rounded out the players in double-digits with 14 points, two rebounds, two assists and a steal. Junior Earlysia Marchbanks (Salem, Ore.) had a career defensive game with 10 rebounds and four steals.
Indendi scored the first point for the Beavers before the game even officially started, hitting one of two technical free throws. But Oregon opened the game on a 9-1 run before Martin hit a three-pointer to stop the Ducks' run at 9-5.
Greer and Indendi combined for five points to try and match Oregon's seven going into the first media timeout with Martin hitting a layup coming out of it to make it 16-12 with Oregon holding the advantage.
Oregon State (7-11, 0-7) continued to match the Ducks (12-6, 3-4) on buckets, but Oregon tallied three three-point possessions to make it 25-16 at the second media timeout with Greer going to the line on an offensive rebound put back attempt. Greer hit both to cut Oregon's lead to seven before sophomore Angela Misa (Oceanside, Calif.) scored a pair of her own on the next Beaver possession.
Martin hit her second three-pointer of the game, third of the game, to lead a short 5-0 run by the Beavers to make the Duck's lead just four points at 29-25. Oregon scored six, but the Beavers went on an 11-2 run to give Oregon State its first lead since the tip to edge Oregon 38-37 with three minutes remaining in the half.
The Beavers added another point on a Misa made free throw, but the Ducks scored seven straight heading into the break to lead 44-39 at the half.
Greer opened the second half with a layup to cut Oregon's lead to three at 44-41, but back-to-back three-pointers by Oregon widened the gap to nine at 50-41 before Marchbanks earned a fast break layup.
The two teams traded points, matching each other heading into the second media timeout with 10:43 remaining in the game.
Back-to-back possessions with buckets by Martin and Greer cut Oregon's lead to four at 63-59 before Nia Jackson hit her third three-pointer to make it a seven-point game with 8:34 left.
Greer hit another layup with Martin adding three free throws to make it an eight-point game at 72-64 with four minutes to play. The Beavers scored four points on a Martin jumper and a pair of free throws by freshman Alexis Bostick (Oakland, Calif.), but the Ducks matched each point to hold it at eight with 1:23 left, forcing the Beavers to have to foul to stop the clock.
Redshirt freshman Jenna Dixon (Portland, Ore.) earned the last field goal for the Beavers with 22 seconds remaining, but the Beavers were unable to rebound as Oregon hit its last five of six free throws to close the game.
Oregon's Jackson led all scorers with 24 points, while Victoria Kenyon had a team-high eight rebounds.
The Beavers shot 42.1 percent (24-57) from the field to the Ducks' 44.4 percent (28-63), while Oregon State hit a season-high 79.2 percent (19-24) from the free throw line to Oregon's 60.0 percent (12-20).
Oregon State outrebounded Oregon 40 to 30, and the Beavers outscored the Ducks 32 to 24 in the paint and 18-10 in second chance points.
Oregon State returns home to legendary Gill Coliseum to host the Bay Area schools next week. The Beavers will take on the California Golden Bears first on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Catch the game live on 990 KTHH-AM in the Corvallis area or through Beaver Nation Online (osubeavers.com). Ron Callan will call all of the action for the season.
It's time to purchase your Pac-10 Pack. Pac-10 Packs are available with adult reserved seats available for $54 and general admission $36.
Oregon State Notes
· Freshman Alyssa Martin earned her 15th double-digit points game with 21.
· Martin earned her fourth 20-plus points game, first in Pac-10 play.
· Senior El Sara Greer earned her eight double-digit points game of the season, 10th career, with 16.
· Greer tallied her fourth double-double of the year, fifth career, with 16 points, 11 rebounds.
· Greer tied her career-high for blocked shots with six.
· Greer earned the 14th double-double against Oregon in all-time history in Eugene, 23rd total.
· Redshirt sophomore Sage Indendi earned her 10th double-digit points game of the season with 14.
· Martin and Indendi are both tied for eighth most three-pointers made in a single season with Talisa Rhea with 44 each. Martin has tied the single season for most three-pointers attempted with 118.
· Junior Earlysia Marchbanks pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds.
· Marchbanks earned a career-best four steals.
· Oregon State's 72 points is the most it has scored all season.
· Oregon State's 79.2 percent from the free throw line is the best of the season.
· Twenty-four field goals ties the most for the season for the Beavers.
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